my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Others laughed and rose from their seats as former President Barack Obama appeared in person and welcomed the airplane of veterans to Washington before Veterans Day in 2025.—
Scott Parrott,
Denver Post,
11 Nov. 2026 Think of turning to grab your suitcase and hoisting it into an airplane’s overhead bin.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
10 Nov. 2026 An investigation is underway after a small airplane flipped on the John Wayne Airport runway in Orange County on Saturday.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Nov. 2026 The agency chief flew in two jets and parachuted out of an airplane as part of NASA’s Max Power event, which featured an air show that packed in tens of thousands to the former space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airplane
: a fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft that is driven by a propeller or by a forceful stream of gases backward and is supported by the reaction of the air against its wings
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